Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 8

Poor Liquidity: -1
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Only 3 Trustees: -2

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 8

PRAGYA

Pragya enables sustainable development for the poorest, most neglected communities in remote and marginal societies, in a way that preserves and promotes local cultures and fragile ecosystems. Our grassroots programmes include: food, agriculture and rural livelihoods; conservation and renewable energy; education; empowering women and minorities; health, safe water and sanitation; and disasters.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity is not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid according to its latest published return
There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£558	£842	£-284	£16	£30	£26	0.4	2	0
31/03/22		£683	£501	£182	£17	£314	£29	0.7	2	0
31/03/21		£529	£397	£132	£25	£132	£6	0.2	2	0
31/03/20		£51	£123	£-72	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£184	£205	£-21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/18		£333	£446	£-113	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£485	£399	£86	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£386	£299	£86	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£250	£236	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£229	£211	£18	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£158	£164	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£140	£165	£-25	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£151	£141	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£238	£218	£21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£182	£181	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£73	£73	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£4	£4	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£4	£3	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£5	£4	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.9%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 88%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 6.6

Asset Split ?

Established: 24 years

www.pragya.org

info@pragya.org

02037700393

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nepal,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

2 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Brian Mercer Trust	£30,000
JAC Trust	£28,558
Charles Hayward Foundation	£15,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to PRAGYA
£15,000	25/11/2022	Decontamination and protection of 10 water sources and WASH project in Samburu County in Kenya
JAC Trust - Reducing water stress and risk of displacement among pastoralists in Kenya’s arid lands through community-led Water Resource Management
£28,558	03/11/2021	Project to support 10 pastoralist communities to protect water sources, conserve water use and manage water more equitably.
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Pragya
£30,000	15/04/2021 36	Supporting smallhoder farmers in Western Kenya develop cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPS)
Comic Relief - Investigating the effectiveness of peer support networks in strengthening rural capacity for maternal and child healthcare in northern Kenya
£9,629	25/11/2015	Women and children in remote, arid lands of northern Kenya have very poor health and nutrition. Many women die during pregnancy and childbirth, and many children die from malnutrition or other ....more Women and children in remote, arid lands of northern Kenya have very poor health and nutrition. Many women die during pregnancy and childbirth, and many children die from malnutrition or other preventable causes. Communities there, especially mobile pastoralists, have very limited access to proper state health services or trained doctors and midwives. This grant is for a community consultation about health and nutrition issues and for research into relevant interventions. They have done a similar planning exercise before for water and sanitation. The information collected will be used to design a community-led, ‘peer-support’ component of a wider maternal and child health project.
National Lottery Community Fund - Food security for Himalayan smallholders
£499,907	18/12/2013 60	Food security for Himalayan smallholders

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ARASAN ARULIAH Appointed: 2000

PROFESSOR PRATAP RUGHANI Appointed: 2000

GARGI BANERJI (Chair)

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2000, number: 1082476

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR04: 1 days late,

Main office

The Foundry
17
Oval Way
London

Objectives

TO ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF NEED AND ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS IN WHICH ALL FORMS OF LIFE SHALL BE ABLE TO FLOURISH AND NATURAL RESOURCES SHALL BE CAPABLE OF UTILISATION FOR MANKINDTO RAISE FUNDS TO SUPPORT PRAGYA (INDIA) AND PRAGYA INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTION AND RESEARCH (PRAGYA INTERNATIONAL)

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE WORLDWIDE

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